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Part A - General Civil Actions
| Table 1 | General Civil Actions - Amount Recovered and Costs Claimed and Costs Allowed [All Bills (Note 1)] |
Amount Recovered |
Total Costs (Note 4) |
Profit Costs (Note 7) |
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| Amount Recovered (Note 2) | Total No. of Cases |
Lowest |
Highest | Median | Claimed |
Allowed |
Claimed | Allowed | ||||||||||||
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of Bills Submitted (Note 5) |
Lowest |
Highest | Median | No. of Bills Taxed (Note 6) | Lowest | Highest | Median | No. of Bills Submitted | Lowest | Highest | Median | No. of Bills Taxed (Note 8) | |||||
< $120,000 |
50 | 1 | 119,500 | 62,700 | 11,800 | 2,460,900 | 46,400 | 50 | 8,200 | 1,850,000 | 29,000 | 50 | 9,100 | 600,000 | 42,700 | 50 | 5,900 | 223,800 | 24,400 | 48 |
$120,000 to < $600,000 |
59 | 122,300 | 598,000 | 230,000 | 19,900 | 893,400 | 119,400 | 59 | 15,900 | 580,000 | 81,800 | 59 | 18,800 | 651,700 | 100,700 | 59 | 14,900 | 277,200 | 58,800 | 57 |
$600,000 to < $1 M |
19 | 623,500 | 930,900 | 720,000 | 29,500 | 1,146,800 | 88,400 | 19 | 20,900 | 779,600 | 66,100 | 19 | 12,800 | 632,600 | 64,800 | 19 | 11,300 | 474,500 | 36,200 | 19 |
$1 M to < $3 M |
28 | 1,000,000 | 2,814,000 | 1,503,000 | 47,000 | 2,263,200 | 234,100 | 28 | 37,700 | 1,517,200 | 190,000 | 27 | 38,300 | 956,100 | 150,100 | 28 | 31,400 | 705,300 | 88,000 | 25 |
> $3 M |
8 | 3,049,400 | 52,728,000 | 10,075,300 | 40,900 | 959,300 | 289,200 | 8 | 29,600 | 908,800 | 286,600 | 8 | 30,700 | 835,100 | 208,700 | 8 | 22,600 | 784,600 | 202,300 | 8 |
< $1 M |
128 | 1 | 930,900 | 174,100 | 11,800 | 2,460,900 | 78,300 | 128 | 8,200 | 1,850,000 | 47,500 | 128 | 9,100 | 651,700 | 65,500 | 128 | 5,900 | 474,500 | 36,100 | 124 |
< $3 M |
156 | 1 | 2,814,000 | 227,500 | 11,800 | 2,460,900 | 83,200 | 156 | 8,200 | 1,850,000 | 57,700 | 155 | 9,100 | 956,100 | 73,500 | 156 | 5,900 | 705,300 | 41,200 | 149 |
Sub-Total |
164 | 1 | 52,728,000 | 256,100 | 11,800 | 2,460,900 | 86,900 | 164 | 8,200 | 1,850,000 | 61,200 | 163 | 9,100 | 956,100 | 74,500 | 164 | 5,900 | 784,600 | 43,700 | 157 |
No Quantified Amount Recovered (Note 3) |
172 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,300 | 12,004,900 | 188,900 | 172 | 12,300 | 11,216,600 | 152,200 | 170 | 4,100 | 5,347,300 | 125,800 | 172 | 12,200 | 5,047,800 | 97,400 | 164 |
Counsel Fees (Note 9) |
Taxation Costs (Note 11) |
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| Amount Recovered | Total No. of Cases |
Claimed |
Allowed |
Claimed | Allowed | ||||||||||||
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of Bills Submitted |
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of Bills Taxed (Note 10) |
Lowest | Highest | Median | No. of Bills Submitted | Lowest | Highest | Median | No. of Bills Taxed (Note 12) | ||
< $120,000 |
50 | 11,000 | 1,750,000 | 61,000 | (7) | 11,000 | 65,000 | 53,500 | 6 | 3,500 | 52,400 | 9,200 | 50 | 2,000 | 33,200 | 5,200 | 47 |
$120,000 to < $600,000 |
59 | 12,000 | 260,000 | 60,000 | (25) | 9,000 | 228,000 | 51,000 | 21 | 3,600 | 50,500 | 8,900 | 59 | 1,200 | 48,700 | 9,400 | 54 |
$600,000 to < $1 M |
19 | 10,000 | 441,800 | 41,800 | (10) | 23,800 | 245,800 | 41,800 | 8 | 6,800 | 71,900 | 16,700 | 19 | 4,000 | 71,900 | 7,400 | 18 |
$1 M to < $3 M |
28 | 4,800 | 866,500 | 66,500 | (20) | 12,500 | 429,000 | 60,000 | 13 | 9,400 | 117,000 | 26,000 | 28 | 5,300 | 117,000 | 17,500 | 23 |
> $3 M |
8 | 9,600 | 354,000 | 62,300 | (6) | 9,600 | 354,000 | 62,300 | 6 | 15,100 | 95,500 | 25,500 | 8 | 7,600 | 95,400 | 24,000 | 8 |
< $1 M |
128 | 10,000 | 1,750,000 | 59,500 | (42) | 9,000 | 245,800 | 50,400 | 35 | 3,500 | 71,900 | 12,200 | 128 | 1,200 | 71,900 | 6,600 | 119 |
< $3 M |
156 | 4,800 | 1,750,000 | 60,000 | (62) | 9,000 | 429,000 | 51,800 | 48 | 3,500 | 117,000 | 13,700 | 156 | 1,200 | 117,000 | 7,000 | 142 |
Sub-Total |
164 | 4,800 | 1,750,000 | 60,000 | (68) | 9,000 | 429,000 | 51,800 | 54 | 3,500 | 117,000 | 15,200 | 164 | 1,200 | 117,000 | 7,300 | 150 |
No Quantified Amount Recovered |
172 | 2,000 | 5,051,000 | 66,000 | (109) | 2,000 | 4,880,500 | 55,000 | 97 | 600 | 276,100 | 20,900 | 172 | 2,500 | 276,100 | 18,300 | 156 |
Notes: (Notes 1 to 12 are also applicable to personal injury actions)
| (1) | Include both provisional and non-provisional bills. <back> |
| (2) | Amount recovered is the amount awarded or the settlement sum. <back> |
| (3) | In cases where the award was for damages to be assessed, some non-monetary relief e.g. injunction or declaration where the case was dismissed, there was no quantified amount recovered. <back> |
| (4) | Total costs are the total amount of costs claimed by the winning party against the losing party as per the bill. <back> |
| (5) | This is the number of bills submitted for taxation. <back> |
| (6) | This represents the actual number of bills taxed. Those not taxed are disposed of without taxation. <back> |
| (7) | Profit costs are the solicitors' profit costs. Disbursements are not included. <back> |
| (8) | All the bills involved profit costs but for some of them such costs were disposed of without taxation. The number of bills taxed represents the number of bills in which such costs were taxed. <back> |
| (9) | It should be noted that not every case involved counsel. The figures in bracket represent the number of bills in which counsel's fees featured. <back> |
| (10) | Not every bill involved counsel's fees. The number of taxed bills represents the number of bills in which counsel's fees featured and were actually taxed. <back> |
| (11) | Taxation costs are the costs incurred in connection with taxation. Treated as a separate item, it does not overlap with profit costs. <back> |
| (12) | All the bills involved taxation costs but for some of them such costs were disposed of without taxation. The number of bills taxed represents the number of bills in which such costs were taxed. <back> |
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